Pietro Mascagni

Cavalleria rusticana

Details

Date
Day , Start time End time

Location
Hungarian State Opera
Running time including interval
  • Messa di Gloria:
  • Interval:
  • Cavalleria rusticana:

Language Italian, Latin

Surtitle Hungarian, English, same-language

In Brief

The world literally went crazy for this one-act by Pietro Mascagni when he burst onto the opera scene with his daring work that opened new boundaries for the genre, and which hundreds of others would attempt to imitate. Such was its success that he would never equal it in any of his later works. In one of the chief examples of verismo, Mascagni's protagonists are everyday people who fall victim to their own, unbridled passions.
Captivating and sensual music with gripping dramatic tension. Love, jealousy – and revenge.